The Middle East: A King's Plight

The "gallop past" by the
King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery in which three score plumed
cavalry men rattle past at full gallop, swords raised, hooves beating
and gun carriages thundering behind  is so intricate and dangerous
that it is rarely used even for visiting royalty. Last week Queen
Elizabeth, who had never seen the ceremony herself, ordered it
performed to mark the state visit of Saudi Arabia's King Feisal, the
somber and bearded monarch who has emerged as leader of the moderate
forces op posing the pan-Arabism...